they are against a plan on connecting sales tax on internet purchases. ebay says this tax could hurt small businesses. the senate overwhelmingly agreed to start to debate this year. the proposal exempts online retailers with less than a million dollars in sales a year. >>> there's a new sign the housing market is getting stronger. the commerce department says of new single family homes rose 1.5% in march. march sales jumped 18.5% higher than during march last year. the national average price fell 7% from february to march. >>> the mare construction industry is see -- the bay area construction industry is seeing more jobs. nearly 14,000 jobs were added to the bay area economy last year. that's the most since the start of the recession. this expanded the total numbers of jobs by 10-point -- by 10% 5%. >>> we're hearing reports of flight delays because of furloughs. it started sunday. yesterday there were reports of delays at east coast airports. and up to three hours in los angeles, at l.a.x. we've learned san francisco has 38 controllers and three to four will be furloughed each day.